With the passage of last year’s Proposition 71 and the creation of a new stem cell research institute at UCLA, recent graduates will have many opportunities in cancer research over the next 10 years. Read more...
Science & Health
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June 12, 9:00 pm
New institute aids cancer research
News
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June 12, 9:00 pm
Alumni pursue humanitarian causes
Naya Villarreal is a political science student who graduated from UCLA last quarter and has decided to spend her first years out of college in the Caribbean ““ not on vacation, but rather as a member of the Peace Corps. Read more...
News
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June 12, 9:00 pm
Modern student activists more subdued than ’60s protesters
For many students, college is a time of expanding world views and increased involvement in the issues that resonate with them. During their time at UCLA, graduating students may have witnessed or taken part in campus demonstrations against fee increases, for the use of affirmative action, against the war in Iraq or for divestment of university holdings from Sudan. Read more...
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June 12, 9:00 pm
House of empty memories only teaches us to look to the future
On the way home from class every day for almost two years I walked by the same dilapidated, old house. The sun beat on its shuttered windows, and it just stood there stoically, slowly crumbling away. Read more...
Crime, News
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June 12, 9:00 pm
Undie Run tradition faces growing pains
Hundreds of students will gather in Westwood on Wednesday night to participate in what is rapidly becoming a popular UCLA tradition ““ running through the streets in their skivvies. Read more...
Science & Health
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June 12, 9:00 pm
[Online] UCLA leads the way in space discovery
Throughout the past four years, many UCLA researchers have contributed to breakthroughs in astronomy that have changed the way scientists look at the universe. The development of telescopes, satellites, cameras, lasers, and other instruments that provide clearer data and images of the galaxy, as well as the construction of a dark matter detector, are helping researchers realize their ultimate goal: to gain a greater understanding of the structure of our universe, and how it has evolved. Read more...
News
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June 12, 9:00 pm
Time off after graduation offers chance to explore career options
After leaving UCLA, many seniors will be entering graduate schools across the nation or starting to work in full-time jobs. Many will not. Some seniors who are not in transition from UCLA to graduate school or to a full-time job are doing what is commonly referred to as “taking a year off.” Director of the UCLA Career Center Kathy L. Read more...